Weather Keeps Entries Down

  The snows of February were in full force Saturday night to keep entries down to 56 for the Sunday tournament at Pine Bowling Center in Pocatello.

  But that didn't stop the those who showed up from bowling some great games! Ben Fulton of Ogden, Utah rolled out 11 strikes in a row during the one-game match play for a super 290 game. Jeff Foster of Taylorsville, Utah, and Charlie Hardin of Meridian, Idaho both weighed in with great games of 280.

  Ed Hodges of Missoula, Montana, just coming off a shoulder injury which has kept him out of our tournaments for a while started out with a bang by posting a 1068 five-game series in qualifying then posting a super 507 in the two-game rolloff.

  Fulton came out on top, however, as he rolled through the qualifying with a 1056, dispatching Gene Giesbrecht of Pocatello, Idaho in the two-game rolloff and Den Fernandez of Taylorsville, Utah, in the one-game rolloff to find himself top seed going into the stepladder finals. He had only to beat Lynn Larsen of Blackfoot, Idaho, who had already beat Don Robinson of Boise, Idaho and Charlie Hardin of Meridian, Idaho to get to the final match, which Ben won with ease for his first championship. See the February tournament results. 

   In the STORM Bowling Ball raffle, the Eraser PBT  was won by Ric Flores of Clearfield, Utah, Jerry Jones of Pocatello, Idaho won the STORM Bowling Bag and Ed Shelton of Idaho Falls took home the boobie prize. 

  Our next tournament is in Elko, Nevada at Desert Paradise Lanes. There are 16 lanes at Desert Paradise Lanes so the tournament will be held over two days as it was last year. Saturday will have squads at 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. The Sunday squad will be at  9 a.m. The Sunday squad, will have to be prepaid to hold the reservation. So far, the tournament is being sponsored by The Stockman's Hotel and Casino who will add $250 to the prize fund and pay an extra $500 to the winner of the tournament if he/she is staying at the Stockman's. Also sponsoring at this time are Great Basin Beverage (Miller Lite/Coors Light), who is donating a Coors bowling ball. All you have to do is buy a Coors product and put the lid from the product along with your name in for a drawing. And don't forget  STORM, Inc., Nevada State Bank, and Elko Sanitation are also sponsors. Sign up now at the Entry Page.

 There are only two tournaments, six squads, left for qualifying for the Grand Finals. Remember, you need four squads to qualify for the Grand Finals, and six squads to qualify for the end of the year prizes such as high average, series, game, Bowler of the Year (both regular and Super Senior).

  Those needing one squad: Gene Baxter, Don Bruch, Gary Burton, Jerry Caple, Mike Connelly, Mike Cuzzo, Ric Flores, Mike Fries, Willie Hainsworth, Glenn Hauptman, Fred Holbeck, Con Honstein, Don McKay, Wynn Mortensen, Allen Nelson, Pat Pethtel, Dave Proctor, Steve Rasmussen, Chuck Reinbold, Rich Smith, Blaine Yoshimura and Lee Youngman.

  Those needing two squads: James Bischoff, Carl Bond, Bob Despain, Jeff Foster, Ed Hodges, Marty Holland, Dan Kaurin, George Lahmann, Larry Landers, Mike McCarthy, Jerry Meyers, Randy Milspaugh, Jesse Montross, Bob Orham, Pep Plummer, Jerry Reeve, Darrell Shay, Lynn Shuland, Jim Spoklie, Ed Strommen, Lowell Thomas, John Trask, Leon Uzelac, Skip Wing, Tom Wothe, Mark Ziegler

  Those needing three squads: Bob Batts, Mark Bennett, Ylona Benson, Glen Brock, David Day, George Denton, Chuck Dobbe, Bill Funk, Mike Galloway, Jay Gneiting, Dan Hagestad, Jerry Hagle, Dean Hagler, Doug Howey, Tom Karr, Orlin Moon, Gary Murdock, Don Ondler, Jim Ouellette, Bill Palmer, Ken Peers, George Perez, Don Plattenberger, Rich Pottorff, Bruce Randall, John Sagez, Randy Scharf, Dennis Shaw, Malcolm Sinclair, Wally Sinks, Greg Waldon, Les Wallace, Ernie Wilson.

    We would like to welcome new members Bob Batts of Pocatello, Idaho and John Sagez of Garland, Utah. We hope to see you at more tournaments!

  A special thanks to Stacie Brammer, Darren Owen, Henry Taniguchi and Kelby Kingzio of Pine Bowling Center in Pocatello. All of them were there to look after the tournament's every need.

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